When Is a Man Educated
When he can look out upon the universe, glorious and terrible, dark
and luminous, with a sense of his own littleness in the scheme of
things, and yet have faith and courage.
When he knows how to make friends And keep them. And above all,
When he can keep friends with himself.
When he can look an honest man or a pure women straight in the eye.
When he loves flowers, can hunt birds without a gun and can feel
the stir of forgotten joy in the laughter of a little girl.
When he knows that hoeing corn is as honorable as playing golf. (...)
and luminous, with a sense of his own littleness in the scheme of
things, and yet have faith and courage.
When he knows how to make friends And keep them. And above all,
When he can keep friends with himself.
When he can look an honest man or a pure women straight in the eye.
When he loves flowers, can hunt birds without a gun and can feel
the stir of forgotten joy in the laughter of a little girl.
When he knows that hoeing corn is as honorable as playing golf. (...)
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